Keltia Command

Keltia Command
Active:	1646–the present
In use by:	Natopian Defense Force
Allegiance:	Shireroth & Natopia / SANE
Type:	Command
Size:	>226,600 (1655) 274,600 (1656)
Nickname:	Forgotten Command
Current Commander:	Admiral Giustinianni
Conflicts & Deployments	Strait of Haifa Campaign

Keltia Command is a theatre command established by the SANE alliance as part of its global strategy to defend against the threat of Jingdaoese (later USSO) hegemony, facilitating the integration of allied units (primarily Shirerithian and Natopian) into a single integrated chain of command for operational matters.

By virtue of having the largest continental possessions on the Keltian continent the Keltia Command is controlled by the Natopian Defense Force. Established in 1646 AN, it's first mobilisation occurred in 1655 as the War of Lost Brothers became global in scale. Sometimes known as the Forgotten Command in contrast to better resourced counterparts in Apollonia, Benacia, Tapfer and Trans-Eura, it nonetheless imbued itself with the martial ethos of Normark, in whose lands it was established, and made a vital contribution to the emerging world war against Passio-Corum.

Operational Activity

Date	Formation	Subject	Summary
08.II.1656	Musican Fleet	Bombardment of Blore Heath	The primary target of the attack was the city's commercial district, home of a crucial east Keltian brokerage, allowing for the plundering the shoreline and waterways around Blore Heath under the cover of the bombardment, the attack also served in part as a reprisal for the role played by the Jogi Regiment in raids on the Natopian settlements of Elijah's Rest.
12.II.1656	Normark Army Group	Committees of Defence, Elijah's Rest	Following escalating raids against civilian settlements on the eastern and southern frontiers of Elijah's Rest, the Elian Militia begins to organise committees of defence, to better coordinate the hitherto unorganised response of local vigilante groups to the violent attacks by members of the Stripping Path, seeking to make abductions for the varying purposes of sacrifice and indoctrination.
12.IV.1656	2nd (Bombardment) Group (temp. deployment)	Ardclach Orbital Strike	NSS Damocles on temporary assignment from allied Space Command.
24.IV.1656	Black Angel Squadron	Anti-shipping sweep, Gulf of Jangsong	Strike package to (qty 1 Virgo-class scout ship, qty 2 Stealth fighter "Black Angel") engage and neutralise Palliscian-Haifan shipping transiting between Ardclach and Jangsong/Elijah's Rest.
24.IV.1656	Political Directorate	Counter-espionage, Elijah's Rest	Coordination of pre-dawn raids with Imperial Natopian Constabulary results in arrest of qty 9 USSO-aligned spies and qty 4 civil servants plus qty 1 militia officer suspected of corruption and collusion with a hostile foreign power. A further qty 12 suspects perished whilst resisting arrest.
24.IV.1656	3rd (Support) Group	Anti-shipping sweep, Talenore	On temporary detachment from allied Space Command, qty 12 Virgo-class scout ships to conduct anti-shipping operations directed at Voorpost. Aim for complete eradication of Voorpost Detachment maritime assets and harbour air defences.
24.IV.1656	Area Defence Vexillation	Air defence operations, Talenore	Consistent with previous engagements, counter any radar contacts designated as unidentified or hostile on an approach to Talenore with maximum available force. Engage at optimum range with remaining Buk surface to air missiles once targeting solutions are acquired and deploy Trump autocannons for point defence of MoMA Station and harbour district.

Sponsored Militias

Sponsored militias are paramilitary orces which exist outside of the direct chain of command, but which enjoy access to arms and equipment provided from the Sxiro-Natopian Production Matrix and support and training provided by military and PMC advisers.

Date	Group	Subject	Summary
21.IV.1656	Tuktuvut Confederation	Raising of the banners, Elkheim	On this day the Tukudiggi, the assembly of the Tuktuvut clans, elected Jegerdatter as war-leader after receiving weapons, food and ESB-minted imitation Kalgarrands, from Keltia Command. Resentment had been mounting steadily as Haifans became more numerous along in the northern reaches of the eponymous strait. With raids affecting settlements along the eastern and southern frontiers of Elijah's Rest, these resentments had broken out into open conflict as the Tuktuvut began taking the side of Normarker vigilante groups engaged against the marauding devotees of the Stripping Path.

Establishment

Unit Type	# in Service	# Lost
NDF Personnel	1,200
Shirerithian Special Forces	3,600
Shirerithian Auxiliaries	42,000	153
Sea-Reavers	46,800	3,837
Feudal / Local Levies	53,240	91
Elian Militia	181,000
Private Military Contractors	TBC
Musican Marines	4,545	255
Hover Kitty-class Aircraft Carrier	1
Mortis-class aircraft carrier	1
Aurangzeb-class Missile Defence battleship	1
Yvain-class Battleship	2
Grifos-class battleship	1
Aurangzeb (Musican)-class Destroyer	2
Duchy-class destroyers	6
De Drie Hertogdommen-class Cruiser	3
Asleep-class Nuclear Submarine	6
Project 941 nuclear submarines	2
City-class diesel submarines	6
Elwynn (Musican)-class Corvette	7	2
Diana-class Minesweeper	3	2
Trawlers (various)	1,322	159
Medusa-class gravship	1
Virgo Class tactical scout vessel	1
RAS Kestrel Mk II hybrid airship	5
Black Angel stealth fighter	5
F-8 Shrike strike aircraft	25
AV-8B Harrier II strike aircraft	20
Dromosker Attack Helicopters	17	1
AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter	12
UH-1Y Venom utility helicopter	24
Mondesian Utility Helicopters	8	4
Banshee cruise missile	100
AGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile	200

Order of Battle

• Keltia Command (Elijah's Rest)
  • Normark Army Group
    • NDF Garrison (Nynormaksudda)
      • 1st Combined Arms Regiment (1,200)
    • Army of the Littoral (117,500)
      • Mobile Division (19,466)
      • Committee of Defence for Elijah's Rest (25,481)
        • Area Defence Regiment (1,200)
      • Nordiskehjem's Committee of Defence (27,809)
      • Alattio's Committee of Defence (21,087)
      • Sjørsborg's Committee of Defence (23,657)
      • Riddersborg's Committee of Defence (7,681)
    • Army of the Wilderness (63,500)
      • Eikbu Column
      • Fanghorn Column
      • Skien Column
  • Attached Shirerithian Forces
    • MoMA Station Talenore (45,600)
    • Independent Units
    • Aurangzeb Banner Group (Temporary)
  • Department of Military-Industrial Relations
    • Normark Industrial Archaeology & Reclamation Group
    • Armaments & Munitions Working Group
      • Sårensby Industrial Area
        • Area Defence Regiment
    • Committee for Economic Mobilisation
  • Department of Political Warfare